The muscles on Li Gui's face twitched, but he immediately regained his composure, and he waved towards Qiu Lan and said, "Lord Ning Yi, this is a misunderstanding!" I am a bit of a distant relative of the Pang family, but I have never seen Pang Luqi. I didn't know that they had recognized the wrong person - but Pang Biao's mother and son entered Beijing only to find Pang Lu, and it was definitely not the murderer's accomplice who stabbed Ruan Gongzi. ”

At this time, Zhao Huairen, another disciple of the Qiu family who came with him, also said: "The benefactor of my family is the imperial history of the dynasty, and we all have meritorious reputations, how can those who have read the books of sages and sages condone relatives and friends to commit murder?" Today, I have mistaken people. ”

"Don't tell me these things." Qiu Yulan saw that they wanted to make big things small and small things into nothing, but of course she didn't agree easily, and said with a sneer, "At the beginning, Li Gui, you took this mother and son to the door, and you came to the door with a clear word!" Just now at the gate of the Tribute Courtyard, you still keep saying that I prevented other people's mother and son from recognizing each other - that's fine, but my cousin was assassinated just after leaving the Tribute Courtyard, is this matter just over? ”

"But this really has nothing to do with me waiting......

"You say it doesn't matter if it doesn't matter?!" Qiu Yulan was furious, "Then you said before that my cousin must be some kind of Pang family?!" ”

Li Gui frowned: "This is a misunderstanding......"

"Misunderstanding?! There are so many people in Beijing, why don't you misunderstand others, but misunderstand my cousin? It is clear that my grandfather is seriously ill and the heirs of the Ruan family are thin, so he deceived the door and wanted to blackmail the Ruan family! Qiu Yulan cried while buttoning his hat, "My grandfather is sick like that, thanks to my cousin's careful service, he has survived until now, this is still what the old lady Qi said in person last time, you obviously want to exterminate the Ruan family!" How did the Ruan family offend you to make such a heavy hand! ”

When he said this, Li Gui and the others felt that their hearts were on fire: "The county lord is really sharp-toothed!" However, there was a misunderstanding, and even the charge of killing the Ruan family was suppressed! How unreasonable! ”

"It's clear that you fabricated lies to coerce me before, so you poisoned my cousin!" Qiu Yulan raised his sleeves to wipe his face, and said in a loud voice, "If you want to use such a vicious method to bring it over with a misunderstanding, did you write it when you were the Great Rui Law?!" ”

"Da Ruilu was not written by us, but it was not written by you, the county lord! What evidence does the county lord have to say that we murdered Ruan Qingyan? Is it still reasonable to keep planting slanders and slander!? Zhao Huairen flicked his sleeves angrily, "It's really difficult for villains and women to ......"

Before the next word "raising" was finished, Qiu Yulan's face suddenly sank, and he pointed at Zhao Huairen and shouted: "You colluded with the murderers and harmed my cousin, and now you are actually beating up and scolding the county lord?!" You are so shameless, do you know about it! ”

Before she finished speaking, she picked up a gilded incense burner in her hand and smashed it on Zhao Huairen's head: "Lawless things!" Call me! ”

In terms of manpower, Li Gui's side actually has a little upper hand, but Qiu Yulan personally charged into battle, how dare Li Gui and these men touch a county lord in public?! Pang Xu's is a woman, but this little county lord is extraordinary, grabbing the dust with one hand, holding a skirt in the other, the pace is flexible and vicious, and Li Gui and his party are in pain alone, and they all hug their heads and run away!

Seeing this scene, Qiu Bo and Qiu Nie, who were drinking soup in the same room, couldn't help but be stunned.

"...... this?" Qiu Bo was stunned for a moment and looked at his younger brother.

Qiu Nie looked at Qiu Yulan with interest, his pupils shrank slightly, and said, "That little county lord is not simple. ”

"I mean, what are we going to do now?" Qiu Bo said speechlessly.

"On one side is the general's mansion and the county lord, and on the other side is the imperial doctor, what are civilians like us making a fuss?" Qiu Nie smiled lazily, and poured the decoction that he had just drunk two sips of with his teeth bared and poured it on a pot of azaleas next to him, "Settle the medicine money and leave!" Don't be dragged into the water, you don't know how to die! ”

Qiu Bo glanced at him coquettishly, and said, "Are you afraid?" ”

"If you don't go, I'll go." Qiu Nie sighed and stood up—in order to prevent Li Gui and the others from escaping, Qiu Tuolan called his subordinates to block the door from the moment he started—but he didn't mean to ask the people of Ruan's Mansion to give way, but he leaned on the window lattice nearby, and turned over neatly and went to the corridor outside.

Chun Ran and the others didn't think anything about it, but in the last days, Qiu Yulan, who was forced to develop the habit of watching six ways and listening to all directions when he started, was in his heart!

"This man landed so lightly!" She remembered that the corridor outside was elevated, about half a foot above the ground. Qiu Nie was thin but tall, and he should have made a little noise when he landed in the cloister—but until he took a few steps, Qiu Nianglan didn't hear a sound!

"There's something wrong with these two siblings!" Seeing Qiu Bo also carrying her skirt and falling out of the window - she was nothing abnormal, but Qiu Lulan was already interested in the two sisters and brothers, "I don't know if it's friend or foe?" Or a passerby by chance? ”

At this time, Li Gui and the others were already full of blood, and seeing that Qiu Yulan had no intention of stopping, he simply turned his heart sideways, lay down on the ground, and shouted murder!

"Dare to touch my cousin even if it's just a little bit of interest!" Qiu Yulan sneered and threw the dust on him, "You have to find death to fulfill you!" "Shouting Jiading," search the money on their bodies and compensate Dr. Yuan! ”

And he said, "Don't let them go yet, and I'll go in and see my cousin." ”

As soon as she entered the inner room, the pale Ruan Qingyan reprimanded: "Are you a little girly?" If you want to do it, you won't call the maid on the mother-in-law? You're actually doing it yourself—it's going to get out...... No, why do you hit people at every turn? How can there be a girl like you? ”

"If I don't do it myself, what can Su He and Chun Ran, these delicate little girls who are easy to push down? It's good not to be taken advantage of! Qiu Yulan slandered in his heart, and quickly changed the topic in seconds: "Now that the fight is all fought, how will it end?" ”

Ruan Qingyan looked at her humbly admitting her mistakes and not repenting, rubbed her forehead, and sighed helplessly: "Let's just say that you think they have something to do with the murderer who stabbed me, and you were worried that your grandfather wouldn't be able to stand the blow, so you did it when you were angry." Rely on filial piety, don't be caught! ”

Fortunately, now that the Ruan family is in charge, even if Li Gui and the others are beaten, the Ruan family will have a reason to get out of Qiu Yulan.

What Ruan Qingyan is worried about is, "It seems that the Lian family will arrive in the capital tomorrow and tomorrow?" I'm afraid I won't be able to go to the court this time. ”

His new injury can completely cover up the old injury, but it is really not light, even a large piece of belt meat was shoveled off, and a lot of blood was shed, Yuan Zhixing said that he would not miss his palace test - the palace test was in mid-March.

"Cousin, you can recuperate with peace of mind, it's hard for me to bully?" Qiu Yulan hurriedly said, "Don't forget to tell me if you have any killer features, lest I be caught off guard." ”

Ruan Qingyan muttered: "There are no more, just those two letters - but after so many years, I am afraid that there will be some accidents." ”

"Actually, there shouldn't be any accidents." Qiu Yulan thought for a while and said, "Otherwise, why would the Queen Mother find Pang Xu's mother and son to deal with you?" It can be seen that they have no hope in the letter of the Lian family, and they have to find another way. ”

She was right.

Two days later, Concubine Xihe's younger brother Lian Chen arrived in Beijing with his son and nephew, escorted by the people sent by the Jiang family.

The Lian family's property in Beijing was sold as early as when the old lady Lian returned to his hometown after the death of the old lady Lian.

Originally, Qiu Yulan planned to clean up a few courtyards in the General's Mansion to entertain them, but when he received the news of the arrival of the Lian family, Lian Chen and his party had been placed in the Jiang family's courtyard.

The subordinates of the Jiang family who came to inform her politely explained that this was due to the fact that General Ruan was not in good health and was afraid that the Lian family would come over to disturb him, and it happened that the Jiang family had many empty houses, so they arranged it on their behalf.

Of course, Qiu Yulan will not have an opinion on this - if you count the kinship, it is actually a bit embarrassing for the Lian family to live in the General's Mansion. After all, the Lian family has no direct relationship with the Ruan family, and in fact, the Xihe Mansion that should receive the Lian family the most.

However, Qiu Mengmin, who is now in charge of the Xihe Palace, is the target of the Lian family's questioning when he goes to Beijing this time, and of course the Lian family will not go to the palace.

"But I don't know where the other courtyard is, when can I go and meet a few elders?" Qiu Yulan asked the Jiang family.

"If it's convenient for you, you can do it tomorrow, and the small one will come to pick you up at that time." That's humane.

Qiu Yulan readily agreed, the next day was a single day, there was no court meeting, and he could get acquainted with the Lian family.

The next day, the Jiang family arrived at the general's mansion on time, picked up Qiu Lulan and went to the courtyard where the Lian family and his party were placed, and only then did they get out of the car, and they saw a blue-shirted young man coming up to him, and asked with a smile: "Is it the cousin of the Qiu family?" My name is Lian Ding, and my grandfather is your brother-in-law. ”

"Cousin Lian is good!" Qiu Yulan hurriedly greeted him, this Lian Ding looked about sixteen or seventeen years old, his complexion was slightly dark, but his eyebrows were open, his facial features were upright, although he had just hurried away, he was in good spirits.

He led Qiu Lulan to see Lian Chen and the others, and on the way he was very embarrassed about the death of Princess Ruan, and asked her about the current situation - the courtyard is so big, and after a few words of greeting, he arrived at the main house.

There were two subordinates guarding the front of the main house, both tall and burly, with blazing eyes, eight out of ten. Nine is the Jiang family's guard here.

When I entered the door and bypassed the screen, I saw an old man wearing a round-necked robe with a floral pattern of green ground and four seasons flowers sitting at the top of the head, wearing a soft curtain on his head.

Lian Ding's appearance is eighty percent similar to this old man, and he knows that this is Lian Chen without asking.

Qiu Yulan hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Uncle has worked hard all the way. ”

Lian Chen called out very kindly, stroked her long white beard and introduced her to the two people who sat with her: "This is your second cousin and third cousin." ”

"The two uncles have also worked hard." Qiu Yulan saluted the two cousins again.

Seeing that she didn't have the frame of the county lord, the Lian family's attitude was more kind, revealing a sense of closeness: "We went back to Lanxi more than ten years ago, only to know that your grandmother went eleven years ago, and then broke off the book, and I don't know what happened. It's not good for us, but if you often send people to visit you in the capital, why is this so? ”

"Uncle, you're serious." This is just a scene, the old lady of the Lian family, that is, when the father of Concubine Xihe was there, the official worshiped the Ministry of Rites, and the Lian family was a serious high-ranking family, and it was easy to seek justice for Princess Ruan's mother and daughter.

Helplessly, the descendants of the old lady of the Lian family are not good, and there has never been a jinshi so far, so he relied on the old lady Lian to seal the official title, how could he get Qiu Mengmin after the inheritance? However, of course, Qiu Yulan will not dismantle this platform, but said, "The two places are all the way, and it is not easy for you and your cousins to come this time." We haven't been able to get the word over before, so how can we blame you? ”

"I've been suffering you kid all these years." Lian Chen sighed heavily.

The two sides exchanged pleasantries for a while, and after asking each other about the current situation, Lian Chen did not delay any longer, and directly mentioned the problem of the letter: "It has been sent to the Qin State Mansion for preservation, so as not to be coveted by Xiaoxiao." Tomorrow, I will present it to the court again for the civil and military witnesses of the Manchu Dynasty. ”

"There's Uncle Lao." Qiu Lulan got this letter and was greatly relieved - now see how Qiu Mengmin can deny it!

…… After she said goodbye, Lian Chen narrowed his eyes: "What do you think of this child? ”

"He is not very old, but he advances and retreats in moderation, unlike what the Jiang family said, he has been bullied all the time." Lian Jianhao, who is slightly older in the first year and is the son of Changfang, said first after groaning.

Lian Chen's son Lian Jianhai waited for his cousin to say before he said: "His mother, Princess Ruan, is the daughter of General Ruan, who was in the army back then, and his prestige was only lower than that of Qin Guogong. Even if the situation is not good, if you want to come to the daughter of Jiangmen, it is impossible to raise your only daughter to be the only one. ”

"Then we'll have to change our previous plans." Lian Chen nodded and said, "This kid is not as coaxing as we expected." ”

"Uncle, why don't you wait for this matter to come to an end?" Lian Jianhao said, "Today is just the first time to meet each other, maybe the Ruan family's side has taught her to deal with it since they knew that we were about to enter Beijing?" Doesn't it mean that the heir of General Ruan, who is only eighteen years old this year, took the entrance examination? ”

Lian Chen thought for a while and said, "Let's do it, but the plan for today is to seek justice for your aunt first!" ”